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I pulled the engine over the winter and now i can't figger out where this hose goes to. One end of it attaches to the spot in the pictures and the other end appears to have clamp marks, but i can't find anything that it would clamp to.
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That is the engine breather hose. It went to the front of the airbox. You can put a small filter on it, and put it near the frame or battery box.Ray Matteis
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XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
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What Ray said.Originally posted by DiverRay
That is the engine breather hose. It went to the front of the airbox. You can put a small filter on it, and put it near the frame or battery box.
LPIf it doesn't have an engine, it's not a sport, it's only a game.
(stole that one from I-dont-know-who)Comment
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That's what I like to see, carpet on the workshop floor!
Automotive Imbecile.
Proud owner of 'The Swiftcicle'. (Swifty for short)
'78E Full Vetter Dresser.
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I used to have carpet on my shop floor. Then my wife made me take my bike out of the sun room!
Mike Giroir
79 XS-1100 Special
Once you un-can a can of worms, the only way to re-can them is with a bigger can.Comment
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"Take off, you hoser!"
HHmm... arrow could be pointing to TWO hoses. There's the big hose nipple thing it's pointing at, that's the crankcase breather, and yes, it goes to the air filter box. Then there's the little hose that the arrow's actually touching, and that's the breather hose for the middle gear box, and that just vents downward."Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)Comment
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Hey prom,
Check the Guru at the door!!
The middle gear breather goes UP, along the frame near the battery, and stops near the back of the fuel tank.
RayRay Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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"Well... that's interesting!"
No one corrects me before I've had my first cup of coffee and lives to tell of it!
Hmmm... the middle gear on my "F" vents downward. Hmm.. I see that on the "E" it also vents downward, as it should. But this insolence is disturbing and the question warrants further investigation.
DiverRay says it should vents upward... as does the Clymer and the Yamaha Service Manual. How could the THREE of them be so MISTAKEN?
There... that was simple. Anybody have anything else that they want me to clear up for them?"Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)Comment
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And the interesting part of it prom, is the reason.
It vents up, so when you ride in the rain, the water won't get sucked up into the gear box as the water drops the temp of the case. But then, living where you do, you knew that...
RayRay Matteis
KE6NHG
XS1100 E '78 (winter project)
XS1100 SF Bob Jones worked on it!Comment
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not a hoser, just an internet supposer.
sooo, what type of filter would one IDEALLY put at the end of that 'thar hose? Would a large fuel filter work?? I've never seen an air filter that small, and I'm trying to think of "safe" alternatives in case I can't find one.Kristoffer
"Take apart yer carbs!"
1978 XS1100E - "The Maroon Baboon" (SOLD)
1979 XS1100 (3 of them) in the garage. Not deserving of names yet.Comment
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Go to your local bike shop and tell them you need a filter for the crankcase vent. They have them. (Or should)
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
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'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
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i think auto zone or advance auto has a filter that small that will work i got to get one for my bike i thought last time i rode mine was on fire but it was just smoke from the breather79 yamaha xs1100f standard
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